Nucleic Acids In Chemistry And Biology

The structure, function and reactions of nucleic acids are central to molecular biology and medicine, and are crucial for understanding the ever-expanding range of complex biological processes central to life. Revised, extended, updated and lavishly illustrated, this 4th Edition of Nucleic Acids in Chemistry and Biology is a long-awaited standard text for teaching and research in nucleic acids science. It maintains the close integration of chemistry and biology that characterised three earlier editions while it embraces a major expansion strongly focused on the burgeoning growth of RNA science. Written by an international team of leading experts, all with extensive teaching experience, this 4th Edition provides up-to-date and extended coverage of the interface of chemistry and biology in the study of nucleic acids. A brief history of the discovery of nucleic acids leads into a molecule based introduction to the structure and biological roles of DNA and RNA. New chapters reflect the...